Name and Sfiso ximba

surname
Grade 11E
Subject Geography
research
1.Hypothesis
•In April2022, days of heavy rain across KwaZulu-Natal in
southeastern South Africa led to deadly floods. Particularly
hard-hit were areas in and around Durban. At least 435 people
died across the province, with an unknown number of people
missing as of April 22. Several thousand homes were damaged
or destroyed. Critical infrastructure, including major roads,
transportation, communication, and electrical systems, were also
impacted by the flooding, and this damage greatly hampered
recovery and relief efforts. It is one of the deadliest disasters in
the country in the 21st century, and the deadliest storm since
the 1987 floods. The floods have caused more than R17 billion
(US$1.57 billion) in infrastructure damage. A national state of
disaster was declared.
2.Geographical mapping
2022 KwaZulu Natal floods

Rainfall estimates across Southern Africa

between 7 – 13 April 2022

Meteorological history

Duration 8 April 2022 – 21 April

2022

Flood

Maximum rainfal 45 cm (17.72 in)

l

Overall effects

Fatalities 436

Damage R 17 billion

Areas affected South

 Africa (especially KwaZulu
-Natal)

Houses 3,937
destroyed

3.background information
Heavy rainfall began around 8 April and persisted for days.
On 11 April, a low pressure area evolved near the
southeast coast of South Africa from the interaction of an
upper-level trough and warmer air near the surface. With
warm ocean temperatures and low wind shear, the low
developed intense thunderstorms which wrapped around
a tight circulation, and the South African Weather Service
issuing a level 5 warning for the coast and adjacent interior
of KwaZulu-Natal – which was subsequently changed to a
level 8 and later a level 9 warning when the impact and
scale of the rainfall was better understood. The clockwise
flow of the low pressure system brought warm, moist air
from the subtropics.
4.data collection
5.analysis and synthesis
6.recommendations and possible solutions

Early assessments of the damage to the provincial roads in

KwaZulu-Natal worth R5.7 billion were announced by transport
minister Fikile Mbalula on 15 April In other assessments, the
Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced that
13,500 households had been affected by the storm, with over
3,927 houses destroyed and another 8,097 partly destroyed R1
billion would be used to repair buildings and build temporary
shelters.
Due to the heavy rain, communities downstream from two dams
in KZN have been warned on 19 April about possible flooding as
the dams had reached more than 80% capacity Water was being
released from the Ntshingwayo and Pongolapoort dams to
reduce the capacities.

7.conclusion